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How do LED flashlights create light?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

An LED flashlight produces light in the same as any other LED light bulb. An LED light source is actually a special kind of chip called a semiconductor. As current is passed directly over the positively and negatively charged sides of the semiconducting chip, the electrons emit photons, or light. Over the chip usually placed a lens and surrounding it is a reflector which enhances and spreads the LED's light.

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